Detroit Engagement Timeline

The following is a timeline of investments, business ventures and community efforts in downtown Detroit by Bedrock Real Estate Services and the Rock Ventures Family of Companies (including a list of the more than 120 new businesses located in Bedrock properties).

Detroit Engagement Timeline

2015

March 2015

ALLY FINANCIAL:Fortune 500 company Ally Financial announces it has signed a historic 12-year lease deal with Bedrock Real Estate Services. The company will consolidate its Southeast Michigan workforce and move 1,300 employees to One Detroit Center beginning in spring 2016. The nation’s leading automotive financial services company will occupy 13 floors and 321,000 square feet in the building, to be renamed “Ally Detroit Center.” Ally will relocate 700 team members already in Detroit plus an additional 600 team members from several metro Detroit office locations.

ONE DETROIT CENTER: Bedrock Real Estate Services acquires One Detroit Center, a 43-story, one million square foot skyscraper located at 500 Woodward Avenue between Congress and Larned Streets and an attached parking structure with more than 2,000 spaces. One Detroit Center is Detroit and Michigan’s tallest office tower. Built in 1993, it is a prominent fixture in the city’s skyline with its Flemish-inspired neo-gothic spires. A new, 7,000 square foot Townhouse restaurant with an all-glass dining space and retractable roof is scheduled to open on the ground floor this summer. Ally Financial will establish its new Detroit headquarters in the building and rename the office tower “Ally Detroit Center.”

CENTRAL KITCHEN + BAR: Construction begins on modern American gastropub, Central Kitchen + Bar to be located on the ground level of the First National Building (660 Woodward Avenue). The restaurant and bar will feature approachable, upscale bar food. Opening is scheduled for July 2015. Central is expected to bring approximately 50 new jobs to Detroit’s Central Business District.

JOHN VARVATOS: Famed American menswear designed John Varvatos opens his first Midwest store in the heart of downtown Detroit at 1500 Woodward Avenue. With more than 4,600 square feet on two levels, the store offers the full product breadth of John Varvatos menswear and provides a unique shopping destination for the entire region.

BON BON BON: Hamtramck-based Bon Bon Bon, an artisan chocolatier making more than 70 varieties of uniquely flavored chocolates, announces plans to open a new 400-square foot retail space at Chrysler House (719 Griswold). Flavors include birthday cake, sweet potato pie, s’mores and more. The store will open in spring 2015.

February 2015

WXYZ-TV STUDIO: WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) launches its official 7 downtown debut marking the start of daily noon broadcasts from its new, state-of-the-art glass studio inside Chase Tower (The Qube) at 611 Woodward Avenue. The live newscasts are anchored by JoAnne Purtan every weekday.

ROCKET FIBER: Dan Gilbert, founder and chairman of Quicken Loans and Rock Ventures, confirms the formation of Rocket Fiber LLC, a game-changing, Detroit-based high-speed Internet provider. The brand new advanced fiber-optic network will boost Internet speeds up to 100 times faster than the current residential average. Rocket Fiber will serve residents, local government and businesses in downtown Detroit, with plans to expand to other parts of the city.

6 NEW TENANTS: Bedrock announces six new tenants have opened or are opening offices totaling 16,000 square feet in Detroit’s Central Business District. The new tenants range from accounting to construction contracting and parking management services and include: Dixon Masonry and Colburn & Colburn (both at 660 Woodward); Ultimate Parking Management (1001 Woodward); Siegfried Group (One Woodward); JFM Consulting Group and Great Lakes Architectural Products Group (both at 1301 Broadway). The businesses all signed leases between September 2014 and February 2015.

MICHIGAN OFFICE SOLUTIONS: Michigan Office Solutions (MOS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox Co. and a provider of leading-edge office technology and 3D solutions for businesses, opens a new downtown Detroit location at 1001 Woodward Avenue. More than two dozen MOS team members move into a 4,374 square foot space in the 23-story office building near Campus Martius Park. The new location includes a technology showcase area and room for significant growth.

ROCK PROCESSING LLC: Rock Ventures, the Quicken Loans family of companies and International Bancard, an industry-leading credit card processing company, announce the creation of Rock Processing. The new downtown Detroit-based company will provide credit card, debit card, and automated clearing house services. Rock Processing clients will benefit from real-time transaction reporting, $100,000 in data breach protection, dedicated service consultants and the quick clearing of funds into bank accounts.

January 2015

1274 LIBRARY STREET: Bedrock Real Estate Services acquires 1274 Library Street, also known as the historic L.B. King & Co. building. The six-story, 36,000 square foot building is located at the corner of Grand River Avenue and Library Street. Curis Enterprises, a Detroit-based real estate development and management firm, was a partner in the purchase. The building dates back to 1911 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

AMBER ENGINE: Amber Engine, a change agent Software as a Service (SaaS) is formed. Designed to serve the $275 billion home furnishings and décor B2B industry, this unique platform leverages the company’s deep knowledge of the industry and offers a robust product description and image solution in one simple, centralized location.

CITIZEN YOGA: Citizen Yoga opens its downtown Detroit location at 1224 Library Street, offering a variety of yoga classes seven days a week. The warm and welcoming 2,300 square foot studio has showers and lockers with charging stations for professionals on the go. Classes range from Vinyasa to Basics with an emphasis on alignment. Citizen Yoga also carries a cool line of yoga clothing, jewelry, and other items.

COMPUWARE BUILDING: Bedrock Real Estate Services and Meridian Health close on the purchase of the 15-story, one million square-foot Compuware Building at One Campus Martius. Quicken Loans will occupy an additional floor for a total of five floors or more than 300,000 square feet. Meridian will move approximately 700 team members to its new headquarters in the building by spring 2015, encompassing four floors with plans to expand to five floors and 2,000 team members by 2019. Bedrock’s investments in downtown Detroit have now topped $1.6 billion in about 70 properties (10 million square feet). The landmark building will eventually be renamed.

PUNCH BOWL SOCIAL: Nationally acclaimed gastro diner, bar and entertainment venue Punch Bowl Social opens its newest location at 1331 Broadway Street in downtown Detroit. The 24,000 square foot space includes a dining area, bowling lanes, several bars, private karaoke rooms, Ping Pong, pool, retro video games and more. Punch Bowl Social is known for its made-from-scratch, upscale comfort food, artisan punches and craft cocktails. It is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Space can also be reserved for private parties.

SOMERSET COLLECTION CITYLOFT: Somerset Collection CityLoft opens in a new, bigger location inside the First National Building at 660 Woodward Avenue. The upscale pop-up shop, sponsored by Somerset Collection and Bedrock Real Estate Services, features 40 retailers from Gucci to Gap and is open Monday-Saturday from 10am to 7pm December 3 through December 23.

November 2014

COMPUWARE BUILDING: Bedrock Real Estate Services signs a purchase agreement for downtown Detroit’s landmark Compuware Building at One Campus Martius. Bedrock also announces plans to partner with HMO Meridian Health on the acquisition of the 15-story, one million square-foot high-rise in the heart of Detroit’s thriving central business and technology district. Quicken Loans and its Family of Companies first moved 1,700 team members into the Compuware Building in 2010. Closing is expected by the end of the year.

‘THE BELT’ GRAND OPENING: A grand opening celebration with food trucks, live music, and hundreds of participants is held at ‘The Belt,’ a new public art experience in the alley that cuts through The Z garage (between Grand River and Gratiot Avenues). The Belt, created by Bedrock Real Estate Services and the fine art gallery Library Street Collective, features dozens of permanent murals by artists from around the world and a rotating pop-up art exhibit. The Belt is free and open to the public year round.

WXYZ-TV STUDIO: WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) broadcasts live for the first time from its new, state-of-the-art glass studio inside Chase Tower (The Qube) at 611 Woodward Avenue. The live broadcast focused on the decision by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes to approve Detroit’s plan to exit bankruptcy. WXYZ-TV plans to broadcast noon newscasts live from The Qube every weekday beginning in December.

October 2014

FIFTH THIRD BANK: Fortune 500 company Fifth Third Bank announces it will move its regional headquarters and more than 150 full-time employees to Detroit from Southfield beginning in March 2015. The bank will occupy four floors encompassing 62,000 square feet at One Woodward Avenue. The 29-story skyscraper will be renamed Fifth Third Bank at One Woodward.

JOHN VARVATOS: Famed American menswear designer John Varvatos announces he will open his first Midwest retail boutique in the heart of downtown Detroit. The 4,000 square foot store will be located at 1500 Woodward Avenue. It is slated to open in spring 2015.

MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC: Molina Healthcare Inc. announces it will expand its Michigan presence and establish a new office in the Detroit Media Partnership building, 615 W. Lafayette Boulevard. The new 30,000 square foot office will open in fall 2014.

September 2014

UHY LLP: Bedrock announces UHY LLP, a leading national CPA firm, will move into Chrysler House, located at 719 Griswold Street. Approximately 20 tax, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions professionals and staff will occupy 3,400 square feet.

1250 GRISWOLD STREET: Bedrock acquires 1250 Griswold Street. The 8,700 square foot building is located between Grand River Avenue and State Street in Capitol Park.

DETROIT INSTITUTE OF MUSIC EDUCATION: The Detroit Institute of Music Education (D.I.M.E.) opens, welcoming its inaugural class of full-time students. The state-of-the-art music academy is located in Bedrock’s historic Bamlet Building at 1265 Griswold in Capitol Park. The building was completely renovated to house the college, classroom and performance space. Students can take career-driven courses focused on the live entertainment industry and earn a bachelor’s degree or diploma.

August 2014

WXYZ-TV STUDIO: WXYZ-TV Channel 7 announces plans to start construction on a new, street-side glass studio in the ground-floor lobby of Chase Tower at 611 Woodward Avenue. The studio marks a return to the city for WXYZ-TV, which began broadcasting on Woodward in Detroit in 1948.

7 GREENS, DIME STORE AND CRANE’S ON BROADWAY: Three of Bedrock’s newest restaurant tenants open for business. 7 Greens, located in ‘The Z’ at 1222 Library Street, features fresh, gourmet salads. Dime Store is a new American brunch bar in the lobby of Chrysler House at 719 Griswold, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and cocktails. Crane’s on Broadway is a casual breakfast and lunch cafe in the lobby of the M@dison Building, 1555 Broadway.

NEIGHBORHOODS WEEK: Quicken Loans partners with Life Remodeled to bring more than 1,500 team members to help clean up a Detroit neighborhood during Neighborhoods Week. Team members focused on Henderson Middle School and the two-block neighborhood surrounding it.

QUICKEN LOANS SPORTS ZONE: The Quicken Loans Sports Zone opens in Cadillac Square, part of Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit. In partnership with the Detroit 300 Conservancy and the Detroit Sports Zone, the recreational area includes four basketball half courts that are free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily through early October. The courts were complemented by a sand volleyball court for several weeks.

July 2014

M-1 RAIL: Construction begins on the M-1 RAIL project, a 3.3 mile circulating streetcar along Woodward Avenue between Congress Street and West Grand Boulevard in downtown Detroit. M-1 RAIL is an unprecedented public-private partnership and model for regional collaboration. It is the first major transit project being led and funded by private businesses and philanthropic organizations in partnership with state and local governments and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Investors include Quicken Loans, Dan Gilbert and other Detroit business leaders, corporations, and organizations. Construction is slated for completion in 2016.

LIVE DOWNTOWN GAMES: The third annual Live Downtown Games kicks off with a week-long competition between leaders and team members of Quicken Loans, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Compuware, DTE Energy, Marketing Associates and Strategic Staffing Solutions. The week consists of various athletic events and games in the heart of downtown Detroit. The competition recognizes the five-year, $4 million Live Downtown Program created to incentivize team members to live in downtown Detroit.

DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: Quicken Loans and the Rock Ventures Family of Companies pledge $5 million toward the “grand bargain” – the DIA’s commitment to raise $100 million to help the City of Detroit emerge from bankruptcy, support city pensioners and protect the museum’s art collection.

GENIUS: Dan Gilbert leads a $40 million investment (through Detroit Venture Partners) in the website Genius.com which decodes and annotates rap lyrics. The site was expanded to include sports, history, math, politics, religion, TV/movies, games and other channels. Genius co-founder, Ilan Zechory, caught Gilbert’s attention during a visit to downtown Detroit and the ingenious investment idea was born.

GLOBE BUILDING: Bedrock acquires the Globe Building at 407 E. Fort Street on the northeast corner of Brush and E. Fort, a six-story building with approximately 59,000 square feet of space.

USS DETROIT: The Navy League of the United States announces Detroit has been selected as the commissioning site for the Navy’s newest Littoral Combat Ship, USS DETROIT (LCS 7). The ship is being built in Marinette, WI, and will be formally commissioned on the Detroit River in spring 2016. Quicken Loans President Jay Farner is the honorary chairman of the USS Detroit commissioning committee. Quicken Loans will lead the weeklong christening ceremonies in 2016.

WRIGHT & COMPANY: Wright & Company, a chic, urban restaurant specializing in contemporary American small plates and craft cocktails, opens for business on the second floor of the Wright Kay Building at 1500 Woodward Avenue.

RISE OF THE REST TOUR: Steve Case, co-founder of AOL and chairman and CEO of Revolution, kicks off his “Rise of the Rest” tour in Detroit, highlighting four Midwest cities as top locations for startup companies and entrepreneurship. The day includes a startup pitch competition in which Stik.com, a Detroit Venture Partners company, received a $100,000 investment from Steve Case. More details are available at www.riseoftherest.com.

MIKE’S KABOB GRILLE, WRIGHT & COMPANY AND FRESHII: Bedrock announces the recruitment of three new restaurants to Detroit’s Central Business District. Mike’s Kabob Grille will serve Mediterranean food at Chrysler House, 719 Griswold; Freshii will offer nutritious food choices for people on the go at 1001 Woodward; and Wright & Company will serve contemporary small plates and craft cocktails at 1500 Woodward.

CITIZEN YOGA, 7 GREENS AND NOJO KICKS: Bedrock announces the recruitment of Citizen Yoga, 7 Greens and NoJo Kicks as new tenants in ‘The Z’. The tenants will offer yoga, healthy, gourmet eating and premium retail options on the Library Street side of the parking structure.

MICROSOFT VENTURES: Microsoft Ventures lease space in the M@dison Building while partnering with the M@dison Block to offer the neighborhood’s entrepreneurs tools and resources to be successful and build world-class companies.

April 2014

THREE PROPERTIES ACQUIRED: Bedrock acquires three new properties in the Capitol Park area including 35,000-square-foot 119 State Street, 11,500-square-foot 45 W. Grand River and a 7,100-square-foot lot at 28 W. Grand River Avenue.

PUNCH BOWL SOCIAL: Bedrock announces national entertainment attraction Punch Bowl Social will be the anchor tenant of The Z, taking up the entire Broadway Street retail space. Punch Bowl Social will offer made-from-scratch, high-end comfort food, craft beer and handmade cocktails along with old-school games like bowling, Ping Pong, marbles, shuffleboard, darts, pinball, pool and more.

March 2014

DETROIT INSTITUTE OF MUSIC EDUCATION: Bedrock announces Detroit Institute of Music Education (D.I.M.E.) will locate a school in the historic Bamlet Building at 1265 Griswold this fall. Founded by three British music veterans, D.I.M.E is a high-end music academy. Students can earn a bachelor’s degree or diploma in creative music performance, or sign up to take classes. Learn more at: http://www.dime-detroit.com.

PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE: The Detroit Police Department, in collaboration with Rock Ventures and other community partners, announces the expansion of Project Lighthouse, an innovative neighborhood watch program designed to keep residents, employees, and visitors safe in the city of Detroit. Expanded locations outside of the Central Business District include several gas stations throughout Detroit. These locations have pledged to provide safety assistance to citizens and visitors 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

January 2014

THE Z: Bedrock’s first ground-up development in downtown Detroit known as ‘The Z’ opens to the public. The 10-story parking structure zigzags from the corner of Broadway and East Grand River to Library and Gratiot and features colorful murals by international artists on every level as well as state-of-the-art parking technology.

2013

December 2013

1400 WOODWARD: Bedrock acquires 1400 Woodward Avenue, just north of the former Hudson’s department store site. The eight-story building, built in 1915, adds 60,000 square feet to the company’s portfolio.

MOTOR CITY MAPPING: Rock Ventures partners with the Kresge Foundation, Skillman Foundation and Michigan State Housing and Development Authority (MSHDA), to fund a $1.5 million survey of every residential and commercial building and vacant lot in Detroit. The survey, known as Motor City Mapping, will document every one of Detroit’s nearly 400,000 parcels to determine the extent of blighted property citywide.

November 2013

SHoP ARCHITECTS: Rock Ventures selects SHoP Architects as the architect of record to lead the design process for a landmark, multi-use development at the Hudson’s site. SHoP will partner with local architectural firm Hamilton Anderson Associates to create a visionary design for this property in Detroit’s urban core.

HOLIDAY D-LIGHT: Made in Detroit returns for a second year, bringing a full lineup of holiday retail to the 1200 block of Woodward Avenue including anchor tenant Moosejaw, the return of Somerset Collection City Loft, The Detroit Shoppe and new pop ups The Hand Made Company and Rock Paper Scissors. Woodward Avenue also glows with LED lights and window displays by Somerset Collection retailers.

October 2013

PUBLIC WI-FI: ‘Opportunity Detroit’ public Wi-Fi launches in Campus Martius in the lobbies of the First National Building, 1001 Woodward and Chase Tower, 611 Woodward. The effort is sponsored by Bedrock Real Estate Services.

BoostUP: The start-up BoostUp launches in Detroit’s M@dison building (1555 Broadway) after relocating from Chicago. BoostUp, the 22nd portfolio company with Detroit Venture Partners, is a social savings platform that helps consumers save for life’s big purchases.

THE Z MURALS: Bedrock and fine-art gallery Library Street Collective announce the launch of a dynamic art project that will make “The Z” parking structure and retail development a uniquely exciting experience for downtown visitors. The Z will feature murals by 27 artists from around the world, including a local Detroit artist.

September 2013

THE M@DISON BLOCK: Google for Entrepreneurs names the M@dison Block Detroit’s new start-up neighborhood as part of its international tech hub network. The M@dison Block, in the heart of downtown Detroit, is one of the most desirable hotbeds of technology entrepreneurship in the country.

BLIGHT REMOVAL TASK FORCE: Dan Gilbert is named as a co-chair of the Detroit Blight Removal Task Force by the Obama Administration.

BIZDOM: Four new companies enter Bizdom’s accelerator program in Detroit for the fall 2013 term.

August 2013

EMERGENCY VEHICLES: The first 15 police cruisers and 10 EMS units, paid for with a pledge from the business community (including Rock Ventures/Quicken Loans), are delivered to the Detroit Police Department.

GRAND CIRCUS: Grand Circus, a training institute on a mission to elevate the tech community, launches to meet the growing need for tech jobs in downtown Detroit.

ARISE! DETROIT: As part of ARISE! Detroit Neighborhoods Day, more than 1,200 Quicken Loans team members clean up Detroit’s neighborhoods by painting, removing debris, doing yard work and more.

LIVE DOWNTOWN GAMES: The second annual Live Downtown Games kicks off with a week-long friendly competition between Quicken Loans, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Compuware, DTE Energy, Marketing Associates and Strategic Staffing Solutions. The competition recognizes the five-year, $4 million Live Downtown Program created to incentivize team members to live in the city in Detroit.

June 2013

1238 RANDOLPH: Bedrock acquires 1238 Randolph Street, the former Serman’s building in the historic Greektown neighborhood. The 37,700-square-foot building was constructed in 1905 and is located at the gateway to the Greektown entertainment and casino district.

HUDSON’S SITE COMPETITION: Opportunity Detroit sponsors an international design ideas competition to develop a signature project on the historic Hudson’s Department Store site. More than 200 designs are submitted from around the world; the winning entry is from Rome, Italy.

May 2013

SUMMER INTERNS: The Rock Ventures Family of Companies hire 1,200 paid summer interns to spend the summer living, working and playing in Detroit.

BIZDOM: Three new companies enter Bizdom’s accelerator program in Detroit for the summer 2013 term.

ROSSETTI: The international architectural planning and design firm Rossetti announces it will move its headquarters to Bedrock’s historic Federal Reserve Building, located at 160 W. Fort Street.

620 AND 630 WOODWARD: Bedrock acquires the historic, four-story 620 Woodward and the four-story 630 Woodward building, adding 48,000 square feet to its real estate portfolio. Both buildings are located on the northbound side of Woodward Avenue in the heart of Detroit’s thriving Central Business District.

March 2013

1001 WOODWARD: Bedrock acquires the 23-story 1001 Woodward office tower, located in the heart of Detroit’s emerging tech district. The building dates back to 1965. It was built for the First Federal Savings and Loan of Detroit and features 287,000 square feet of prime office space.

VINTON BUILDING: Bedrock acquires the historic 12-story Albert Kahn-designed Vinton Building, 600 Woodward Avenue. Built in 1917, the 58,000 square foot building was added to the Michigan Register of Historic Places in 1982 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

WOODWARD CORRIDOR: Bedrock signs master lease agreements with the Schostak Brothers and Farbman Group to manage more than 60,000 square feet of first floor retail space along the Woodward Corridor in downtown Detroit. The properties include 12 storefronts along the 1200 and 1400 blocks of Woodward Avenue.

MOOSEJAW: Michigan-based outdoor outfitter, Moosejaw announces it will sign a multi-year lease for its retail space located at 1275 Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit.

EMERGENCY VEHICLES: Rock Ventures/Quicken Loans joins Penske, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Platinum Equity, Shinola and the Kresge Foundation to announce an $8 million pledge to replace 100 police cruisers and 23 EMS units in the city of Detroit.

UBER: San Francisco-based Uber, a company that provides on-demand luxury car service through a smart phone app, opens its office in downtown Detroit’s M@dison Building.

February 2013

ROASTING PLANT: Roasting Plant, a unique and innovative coffee shop, opens in the Bedrock-owned First National Building at 660 Woodward Avenue. The Detroit location is Roasting Plant’s first shop outside of New York City.

BIZDOM: Two new companies enter Bizdom’s accelerator program in Detroit for the winter 2013 term.

CAMPUS COMMANDOS: Campus Commandos, a college marketing agency that ignites brand enthusiasm on college campuses, launches its business in the historic First National Building at 660 Woodward Avenue. Campus Commandos is one of the first Bizdom companies to begin making equity investments back to the Bizdom fund that initially seeded the company.

2012

December 2012

ONE WOODWARD: Bedrock announces the purchase of One Woodward, a 26-story, 361,000 square foot skyscraper located in Detroit’s Central Business District. The building, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, was a precursor to the World Trade Center in New York City.

METRO-WEST APPRAISAL: Metro-West Appraisal, the nation’s largest independent residential real estate appraisal company, announces it will move its national headquarters to downtown Detroit’s Chrysler House at 719 Griswold in March 2013.

November 2012

‘THE Z’ GROUNDBREAKING: Bedrock Real Estate Services breaks ground on its first development, a specialty retail and parking structure that will add 1,300 new parking spaces to downtown Detroit. The development, known as ‘The Z,’ zigzags from the corner of Broadway and East Grand River to the corner of Library Street and Gratiot, occupying what was previously a surface lot.

BIZDOM: Three new companies enter Bizdom’s accelerator program in Detroit for the fall 2012 term.

OPPORTUNITY DETROIT: Rock Ventures and Quicken Loans launch Opportunity Detroit with a national commercial narrated by Kid Rock on the FOX television network during game four of the World Series between the Detroit Tigers and the San Francisco Giants.

July 2012

TITLE SOURCE: Title Source, the largest independent provider of title insurance, property valuations and settlement services in the nation, begins moving 1,500 team members to downtown Detroit’s First National Building (660 Woodward Avenue).

BIZDOM: Four new companies enter Bizdom’s accelerator program in Detroit for the summer 2012 term.

June 2012

IT IN THE D: Quicken Loans partners with other Detroit businesses to create “IT in the D,” a program designed to give local university students real-world experience and prepare them for tech jobs in Detroit.

April 2012

NATIONAL RECRUITING CAMPAIGN: The Rock Ventures Family of Companies begins a national recruiting campaign to hire more than 1,400 team members, and launches Valley to Detroit, aimed at bringing laid-off Yahoo technology professionals to Detroit from Silicon Valley.

CHRYSLER: Chrysler announces it will lease the top two floors of Bedrock’s Dime Building and rename the building, located at 719 Griswold Street, ‘Chrysler House’.

BIZDOM: Four new companies enter Bizdom’s accelerator program in Detroit for the spring 2012 term.

March 2012

UPTO: UpTo, a new social platform focused on the future tense and allowing users to easily share calendar events, launches from the M@dison building (1555 Brodway) as a Detroit Venture Partners portfolio company.

February 2012

500 INTERNS HIRED: To encourage Detroit’s “brain gain,” the Rock Ventures Family of Companies hires 500 paid interns in the city of Detroit.

January 2012

TWO PROPERTIES ACQUIRED: Bedrock adds two more buildings to its real estate portfolio – the 148,000 square foot historic Federal Reserve Building and 9,800 square foot 1550 Woodward Avenue, a one-story building to be utilized for retail or commercial use.

2011

December 2011

THREE PROPERTIES ACQUIRED: Bedrock acquires three additional properties in downtown Detroit – the 20,000 square foot historic Wright-Kay building (1500 Woodward), the 34,000 square foot former Lane Bryant Building (1520 Woodward) and the 36,3000 square foot Arts League of Michigan Building (1528 Woodward).

November 2011

October 2011

MOVE TO CHASE TOWER: An additional 2,000 Quicken Loans team members move into Chase Tower at 611 Woodward. The building was completely renovated.

September 2011

JOB FAIR: Quicken Loans and its Family of Companies host a job fair to fill 500 positions in Detroit; 2,500 people line up to apply.

August 2011

FIRST NATIONAL BUILDING: Bedrock purchases the First National Building, a 25-story, 1.2 million square foot limestone high-rise built in 1922, located at 660 Woodward. Designed by famed architect Albert Kahn in the neoclassical architectural style with an unusual “Z” configuration to maximize natural light, it occupies an entire block along Cadillac Square overlooking Campus Martius Park.

DIME BUILDING: Bedrock acquires the 350,599 square foot Dime Building, designed in the neoclassical style by Daniel Burnham. Built in 1912, the Dime Building is located at 719 Griswold, along with the Financial District Garage, an adjacent 983-space parking structure.

July 2011

LIVE DOWNTOWN PROGRAM: Quicken Loans and four other downtown Detroit companies launch the Live Downtown Program, a five-year, $4 million program created to incentivize people to live in the city.

SOMERSET COLLECTION CITYLOFT: Quicken Loans sponsors the debut of Somerset Collection’s CityLoft, a pop-up shop open the last weekend of each month in downtown Detroit with mini-versions of upscale stores, bringing retail back to downtown Detroit.

June 2011

200 INTERNS HIRED: Quicken Loans hires 200 interns to work in its downtown Detroit office to expose students to the city and help end Detroit’s “brain drain”.

May 2011

SKIDMORE STUDIO: Skidmore Studio, a graphic design firm located in a nearby suburb, announces it will become the anchor tenant in the M@dison Building.

April 2011

CHASE TOWER: Bedrock acquires Chase Tower, a 524,600 square foot, 14-story high rise office building at 661 Woodward Avenue, occupying a full city block at the foot of Campus Martius Park located in Detroit’s downtown Central Business District.

TWO DETROIT CENTER: Bedrock buys Two Detroit Center, a 1,100-space parking garage located in the Central Business District.

January 2011

M@DISON BUILDING: Bedrock purchases Detroit’s historic M@dison Theatre Building at 1555 Broadway Street and begins transforming it into a collaborative tech hub to encourage partnership among local entrepreneurs.

2007-2010

November 2010

DETROIT VENTURE PARTNERS: Dan Gilbert, together with entrepreneurs Josh Linkner and Brian Hermelin, launch Detroit Venture Partners, a Detroit-based venture capital firm that invests in seed and early-stage technology companies to be located in the city.

August 2010

MOVE TO COMPUWARE BUILDING: Quicken Loans and five sister companies move 1,700 team members into the Compuware building in downtown Detroit.

July 2009

QUICKEN LOANS ANNOUNCES RELOCATION: Quicken Loans announces it will relocate its national headquarters to the Compuware Building in downtown Detroit in 2010.

January 2009

M-1 RAIL: Dan Gilbert and other business leaders invest in M-1 RAIL, a light-rail system that will link key neighborhoods to Detroit’s riverfront, the central business district, and educational, cultural, entertainment and medical institutions along Woodward Avenue.

Rock Gaming: A gaming partnership formed with an initial focus to develop full-service casinos in two of Ohio’s largest cities, as well as to explore other potential gaming opportunities elsewhere

Rock Companies: A real estate investment, development, construction and management company focusing on commercial, residential single and multi-family investments in Florida, Michigan, North Carolina and Ohio

Quizzle: Website that gives consumers a complete understanding of their credit so they can make better financial decisions

Siegfried Group: On a mission to make accounting more fun and productive, Siegfried Group helps clients strategically extend and enhance their internal workforce by providing accounting resource services

Fifth Third Bank: Detroit’s 6th largest bank with 92 locations and more than 150 ATMs across eastern Michigan

Ultimate Parking Management: Manages some of the city’s largest and most centrally located parking garages including the Compuware Garage and The Z. More than 60 team members service more than 13,000 parking spaces in downtown Detroit

Michigan Office Solutions: A wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox Co. and a provider of leading-edge office technology and 3D solutions for businesses